Action by convicted murderer includes claims of negligence and breach of privacy
Graham Dwyer
Court reserves judgment on appeal by former architect for 2012 murder of childcare worker
Appeal centres around admission of mobile phone call data records at trial
Decision affirming Quirke’s murder conviction looks set to be the go-to judgment around the law on unconstitutionally obtained evidence
Judges say ‘significant issues of general public importance arise’ in arguments raised in legal action
Data privacy campaigner concerned law permits Minister to get ‘mass surveillance’ orders after private court hearing
Case must raise a matter of law of general public importance or be necessary in the interests of justice, to be heard by Supreme Court
Government move to force stopgap data retention and amendment that could gag discussion on complaints prolong history of State bungling on data protection
Helen McEntee made move following court ruling on legal challenge by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer
Amendment will make disclosure of information deemed ‘confidential’ by Data Protection Commission an offence
Department of Justice has ‘no comment’ on allegation by Digital Rights Ireland
Caolan Smyth (30) and Gary McAreavey (55) are asking the court to quash their convictions and to reject phone data as inadmissible
Appeals are likely to have implications for any potential Supreme Court appeal by Graham Dwyer
Case raises issues about correct balance between data privacy rights and effective prosecution of serious crime
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